Photospeak: The man who gave Nigeria the 'sleeping giant' nickname

Photospeak: The man who gave Nigeria the 'sleeping giant' nickname

Saturday, December 13, 2014 8:40 am


A Photograph from the archive, made available to us, by Dele Ajaja, shows a former Nigerian foreign minister, Jaja Nwachukwu dozing off at a United Nations General Assembly session in July 1960 in New York.

Perhaps, the sobriquet, ‘sleeping giant’, came from this act.

Fifty four years after, Nigeria continues to sleep anyway.

Jaja Nwachukwu sleeping at a UN function in July 1960 in New York

Jaja Nwachukwu sleeping at a UN function in July 1960 in New York

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